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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hot Weather, Camp Meeting, Second World War, First World War and Poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first edition of One Man's Meat was published in what year?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1942.

2. When was Charlotte's Web published?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1952.

3. What basket did E. B. White decide was unnecessary on his Maine desk in "Incoming Basket"?
(a) Out.
(b) Temporary.
(c) Incoming.
(d) Partial.

4. What did White claim was "painfully unimaginative in its attempt to perpetuate a faith that has been gutted by so many fires"?
(a) Art.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Science.
(d) Church.

5. To whom did White write an imaginary letter in "Walden"?
(a) Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin.
(b) Eugene Gladstone O'Neill.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Henry David Thoreau.

Short Answer Questions

1. White wrote in "Children's Book's" that he'd shared his armchair with what book for the past 3 weeks?

2. White wrote of driving past a woman in her yard using what in "Walden"?

3. How many children did E. B. White have?

4. Who had a campground in the next county in "Camp Meeting"?

5. In "Clear Days" what Disney film did White discuss?

(see the answer key)

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